Europe & Central Asia · High income
Poland: key statistics
Poland has 36.4m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $28,420. Below: 71 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- High income
- Currency
- złoty PLN
- Languages
- Polish
- ISO codes
- PLPOL
Population36.4m2025 · rank 44 of 217GDP$1.0tn2025 · rank 21 of 211GDP per capita$28,4202025 · rank 60 of 211Life expectancy78.4 yrs2024 · rank 62 of 217Internet users88.6%2024 · rank 67 of 188Fertility1.142024 · rank 205 of 217CO₂ per person7.55 t2024 · rank 30 of 203Inflation3.8%2025 · rank 67 of 180
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Poland, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Europe & Central Asia.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 36.4m | 2025 | 44/217 | 10/58 | −4.1% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -0.34% | 2025 | 193/217 | 48/58 | −0.3 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 60.1% | 2025 | 125/217 | 41/58 | −0.3 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.14 | 2024 | 205/217 | 54/58 | −14% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 20.8% | 2025 | 31/217 | 26/58 | +5.4 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 14.5% | 2025 | 188/217 | 39/58 | −0.6 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 119.4 | 2024 | 91/216 | 20/57 | −3.8% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 6.9 | 2024 | 204/217 | 51/58 | −30% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 313,940 km² | 2024 | 70/216 | 14/57 | +0.4% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $1.0tn | 2025 | 21/211 | 10/57 | +116% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $28,420 | 2025 | 60/211 | 32/57 | +125% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $54,262 | 2025 | 46/199 | 25/53 | +101% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $25,520 | 2025 | 55/201 | 28/53 | +92% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 3.6% | 2025 | 96/210 | 16/56 | −0.9 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 3.9% | 2025 | 54/210 | 13/56 | −0.6 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 2.5% | 2025 | 141/198 | 31/56 | ±0.0 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 25.8% | 2025 | 75/201 | 16/57 | −5.2 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 59.7% | 2025 | 88/201 | 37/57 | +4.4 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 17.9% | 2025 | 139/175 | 48/51 | −2.9 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 17.1% | 2025 | 112/163 | 40/49 | −2.4 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 3.8% | 2025 | 67/180 | 23/49 | +4.7 pp | 3.0% | |
| Exchange rate | 3.76 | 2025 | 124/210 | 22/57 | −0.2% | — | |
| Government debt | 60.5% | 1994 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tax revenue | 17.4% | 2024 | 67/142 | 36/48 | +1.8 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 39.1% | 2023 | 21/142 | 15/47 | +3.2 pp | 28.5% | |
| Military spending | 4.50% | 2025 | 13/156 | 5/47 | +2.4 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 50.0% | 2025 | 53/184 | 23/52 | +2.8 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 47.1% | 2025 | 87/184 | 34/52 | +2.0 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 97.0% | 2025 | 67/184 | 28/52 | +4.8 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -1.0% | 2025 | 88/185 | 27/50 | +0.4 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 2.0% | 2025 | 101/197 | 25/51 | −1.3 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.9% | 2025 | 121/178 | 31/50 | −0.5 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 88.5m | 2019 | 2/196 | 2/51 | +64% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 3.0% | 2025 | 149/187 | 46/49 | −4.5 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 10.7% | 2025 | 109/187 | 35/49 | −10.0 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 58.3% | 2025 | 116/187 | 29/49 | +1.2 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 51.6% | 2025 | 107/187 | 31/49 | +2.1 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme poverty | 0.2% | 2023 | 125/151 | 31/47 | −0.4 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 0.4% | 2023 | 126/151 | 30/47 | −0.6 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 13.5% | 2025 | 117/145 | 33/47 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 28.5 | 2023 | 133/151 | 34/47 | −14% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | 2024 | 150/167 | 36/47 | ±0.0 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 31.3% | 2025 | 69/190 | 32/52 | +3.9 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary enrolment | 105.4% | 2024 | 50/191 | 9/53 | +5.8 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 107.9% | 2024 | 31/176 | 18/53 | −2.1 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 80.9% | 2024 | 26/172 | 16/52 | +10.7 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 94.7% | 2019 | — | — | −2.1 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 10.2 | 2017 | 159/173 | 39/48 | −4.3% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 4.3% | 2022 | 85/184 | 28/49 | −0.5 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 yrs | 2024 | 62/217 | 33/58 | +1.0% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 3.6 | 2024 | 161/196 | 23/52 | −16% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 4.2 | 2024 | 163/196 | 24/52 | −16% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 2 | 2023 | 192/194 | 49/51 | ±0.0% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 8.1% | 2024 | 61/193 | 24/52 | +1.7 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $2,014 | 2024 | 40/193 | 27/52 | +121% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 4.03 | 2023 | 30/180 | 21/50 | +81% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 92% | 2024 | 85/193 | 30/51 | −5.0 pp | 84% | |
| Child stunting | 1.0% | 2018 | 152/154 | 27/28 | — | — | |
| Basic water | 90.1% | 2024 | 148/206 | 55/56 | −5.4 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 99.0% | 2024 | 57/203 | 27/54 | +2.0 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 88.6% | 2024 | 67/188 | 38/51 | +22.0 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 138.0 | 2024 | 46/210 | 11/56 | −7.2% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 25.4 | 2024 | 74/208 | 46/55 | +34% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 81/215 | 41/57 | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 98.0% | 2024 | 66/192 | 32/51 | +2.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 7.55 t | 2024 | 30/203 | 9/49 | −5.1% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 15.2% | 2021 | 123/212 | 37/54 | +4.8 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 17.5% | 2021 | 123/206 | 41/51 | +9.1 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 31.0% | 2024 | 110/214 | 31/57 | +0.3 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 36.6% | 2024 | 17/206 | 7/53 | +0.9 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 17.5% | 2022 | 66/177 | 19/47 | −3.9 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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